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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public health: substance use disorder."
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description: "(1) Under existing law, a licensed health care provider who is authorized by law to prescribe an opioid antagonist may issue standing orders for the distribution of an opioid antagonist to a person at risk of an opioid-related overdose or to a family member, friend, or other person in a position to assist a person at risk of an opioid-related overdose. Existing law exempts a health care provider who acts with reasonable care in issuing a prescription or order for an opioid antagonist from professional review, civil action, or criminal prosecution, under certain circumstances. Existing law requires that a person who receives an opioid antagonist pursuant to a standing order or otherwise possesses an opioid antagonist receive training, as specified. Existing law provides that a person who is trained in the use of an opioid antagonist and acts with reasonable care and in good faith is not subject to professional review, liable in a civil action, or subject to criminal prosecution."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 1037"
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citation: "California AB 1037 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Publichealth", "substanceusedisorder"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elhawary"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/290d27f6-68af-4853-8eff-fa748be7ae31"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037"
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source_hash: "9c5118bbd7823c2a54d31fd8bbb0a144308237cee6ec6941013815d98aaa78ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1037 (20252026) — Public health: substance use disorder.
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(1) Under existing law, a licensed health care provider who is authorized by law to prescribe an opioid antagonist may issue standing orders for the distribution of an opioid antagonist to a person at risk of an opioid-related overdose or to a family member, friend, or other person in a position to assist a person at risk of an opioid-related overdose. Existing law exempts a health care provider who acts with reasonable care in issuing a prescription or order for an opioid antagonist from professional review, civil action, or criminal prosecution, under certain circumstances. Existing law requires that a person who receives an opioid antagonist pursuant to a standing order or otherwise possesses an opioid antagonist receive training, as specified. Existing law provides that a person who is trained in the use of an opioid antagonist and acts with reasonable care and in good faith is not subject to professional review, liable in a civil action, or subject to criminal prosecution.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037&version=20250AB103799INT)
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2. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037&version=20250AB103798AMD)
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3. **04/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037&version=20250AB103797AMD)
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4. **07/07/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037&version=20250AB103796AMD)
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5. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037&version=20250AB103795AMD)
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6. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037&version=20250AB103794AMD)
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7. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037&version=20250AB103792CHP)
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8. **AB1037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037)
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9. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1037&version=20250AB103793ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1037 Elhawary Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–21** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1037 Elhawary By Menjivar — **30–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1037 Elhawary Assembly Third Reading — **55–19** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Elhawary — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2025-03-10** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 2109.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-18** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2703.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 3237.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 569, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/290d27f6-68af-4853-8eff-fa748be7ae31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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